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US 5,957,043 AGranted
Fruit feeder for squeezer machines
AssigneeInnovaciones Mecanicas, S.A.
InventorRafael Olmos Font
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Abstract
A fruit feeder for vending machines includes a container for fruit storage, a fruit elevator and a horizontal fruit conveyor. The elevator is composed of two vertical endless chains between which are mounted horizontal vanes and which elevate and eject the fruit. The horizontal transporter is composed of two rollers turning in different directions and which have helical ribbings of opposite inclinations, receiving the fruit from the elevator to transport them to a collecting trough of the squeezer.
Claims6
A fruit feeder for squeezer machines, comprising:
- a fruit storage bin;
- a fruit elevator running from said storage bin to a high point above the squeezer;
- a horizontal fruit conveyor running from the aforementioned high point to a mouth or trough receiving fruit from the squeezer;
- said elevator is composed of two vertical and parallel endless chains with synchronized motions, between which are alternately mounted angular profiled horizontal vanes which act as scoops carrying the fruit, and flat horizontal vanes which at the end of the forward motion path eject the fruit transported by the angled vanes;
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- said horizontal conveyor has two parallel rollers placed next to each other, which turn in opposite directions and have a helical ribbing with opposite inclination directed so that they carry the fruit as the rollers turn, from their exit from the elevator to their entry in squeezer.
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